Hurricane Michael: The Damage in Pictures

Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida Panhandle last Wednesday as what Gov. Rick Scott called, “the worst storm that our Florida Panhandle has seen in a century.” Packing maximum sustained winds of 155 miles an hour, the storm rolled ashore midday and pummeled the coast with rain, wind and storm surges.

Residents are beginning to return to assess the damage and start the long, slow road to recovery.

The photographers Gabriella Angotti-Jones, Emily Kask,Chang Lee, Scott McIntyre, Johnny Milano and Eric Thayer have been on the ground in Florida covering the storm for The New York Times. We’ll continue updating this feed with their latest work.

Trichinae Chavous makes a call to her son in Tennessee from the Highland View Bridge in Port St. Joe, Fla., the only place nearby where she could get cellphone reception.

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Paul Hruza spray paints a warning sign outside his home in Callaway, Fla.

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Members of FEMA's Texas Task Force 1 Search and Rescue Team take a break in the shade outside downtown Panama City.

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The task force’s goal is to locate residents who remained in their homes and determine whether they need assistance.

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The extent of the destruction in Mexico Beach can be seen clearly from above.

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Bill Duke, 80, at his home in Panama City, where he rode out the storm with his ailing wife, Marie. The couple were forced out of the ground floor when the nearby Gainer Bayou surged into their home; Bill carried Marie on his shoulders up the stairs he is standing on.

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A house in Panama City is covered in fallen trees and branches.

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Inside Bill and Marie Duke’s home in northern Panama City.

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Friday, Oct. 12

Romark Davis, 7, plays amid downed trees and power lines in the mobile home park when he lives in Panama City, Fla.

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Alyssa Pinkard, 15, searches the bedroom of her neighbor Paula Fioramonti in Parker, Fla., for medicine that went missing when the roof flew off.

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Damage in Panama City, Fla.

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Customers line up outside at Mr. Mart, one of the few open stores in Callaway, Fla. Mohammed Martin, the store owner, reopened the store yesterday and is taking cash sales only.

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Shashikala Bhakta hangs clothes out to dry outside the damaged Reba Motel, which her family owns in Callaway.